tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36217996.post6240838035815739576..comments2023-09-27T04:20:27.106-04:00Comments on RaggedyMom: Behind Door #1 . . .RaggedyMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01022064984702182705noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36217996.post-11615714848624290062008-08-29T11:32:00.000-04:002008-08-29T11:32:00.000-04:00In the early seventies, when I did my time as a Fr...In the early seventies, when I did my time as a French major in France, there was a French car that was commonly known as a "deux chevaux" (literally, two horses, because that was the amount of horsepower that it had). It was one of the favorite cars for purchase by broke students because it was cheap. How cheap was it? Well, it was so cheap that the so-called suspension allowed the car to lean quite noticeably to one side every time one made a turn, and it had a cloth roof that one opened by rolling it back like the lid of a can of sardines, which is why I've always described a deux chevaux as a rolling sardine can. I've occasionally seen one on the road in the US, and it always astounds me that anyone not flat broke would buy such a rattletrap.Shira Salamonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989302669175887512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36217996.post-39772519784561736182008-08-29T10:50:00.000-04:002008-08-29T10:50:00.000-04:00I think that's the Rogue in America...I think that's the Rogue in America...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36217996.post-21207736898568181772008-08-28T20:50:00.000-04:002008-08-28T20:50:00.000-04:00here in australia that model is called a 'dualis'here in australia that model is called a 'dualis'Sarah Likes Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15055831838215589183noreply@blogger.com